Well this project started out as a simple OOB build, but as is often the case, things got out of hand, and then the project got totally crazy. The original thought process was to build the Kitty Hawk model and just remove the nose and replace it with the Koster Conversion for an easy build of the photo version of the VooDoo. I removed the nose guns while waiting for the conversion set to arrive, and this was my first mistake. With the arrival of the conversion set it was quickly obvious that this project just took a giant leap to a different level. Now there was going to be major surgery to the exhaust area and the nose was not going to work out as planned due to the new cockpit location. At this point I decided to go back to the original plan to do the OOB build with the Kitty Hawk kit and breakout a Monogram kit from the closet of forgotten kits, and use that to build the photo version. Now I have two projects going instead of one. This is a big model in 48th scale and finding a home was difficult enough with just one, and now there will be two. Fortunately, the conversion set also included the nose guns, so I can correct my earlier mistake. I hope I do not run out of gas before these get built….wish me luck.
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